The Thankful List
Get up and move around! It’s good to take a walk or a lap around the office to recharge and re-energize for the rest of the day! Scientifically, it’s beneficial because when we move around we get more oxygen to our brains and this helps us focus better! So put your mouse, phone, pens, or what have you down and take a chance to enjoy this beautiful spring day (or the lovely fluorescence of your office space!)!
Having a rough day? Maybe you over slept or had a quiz in a class you weren’t expecting. These hiccups can really put a damper on our day, if we let them. We don’t have to let it though. We don’t have to start our day at a 2 and then by the time we go to bed register at a -50 (we’ve all done it, these are days when we think nothing will go right). If we choose to not be held down by the negative annoyances in our lives and find the good things we can turn our whole day around. Take a break for 2 minutes (It won’t even take that long) and think of 5 things that went right or are going well. Repeat them and add to the list!
Also, smile! Studies show that just the physical act of turning your lips into a smile can make you feel better!
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Breathing deeply sends oxygen all over the body, including the brain. This increase in oxygen can improve mental performance! So, close your eyes for a moment and just breathe!
Love this video, it is amazing. If you have 20 minutes I would highly recommend watching it. The video discusses a wide range of human emotions such as fear and shame in the context of vulnerability. The speaker is amazing and the talking points are amazing.
I hope this Thursday finds you in a good mood and in not too chilly weather!
Here’s my list for this week:
- I am thankful for my sorority sisters. We’ve had recruitment this week and it’s been stressful but so a lot of fun! It’s a great chance to form stronger friendships with the amazing women I get to call my sisters!
- I am thankful for my courses this semester. I am taking Cancer biology and it seems absolutely fascinating. Cancer research has been an interest of mine since taking cell bio my junior year so I am very excited!
- I am thankful for facetime. I get homesick a lot (I am a homebody!) and it’s nice to be able to see my friends and family and chat with them that way!
- I am thankful for my coffeepot. The poor thing has become my laboratory. I can now make coffee, tea, and ramen in it.
- I am thankful for my health. It’s something I can easily glaze over daily but I truly am thankful that I can wake up healthy!
That’s my list for this week, what are you thankful for today?
Happy Thankful Thursday! I hope everyone has had a great week so far, it’s almost the weekend!
Here’s my thankful list for this week:
- I am thankful I get to go home and see my little sisters, I miss them a lot when I am at school!
- I am thankful for pumpkin bread, a seasonal favorite!
- I am thankful for people being sweet for no reason except that they care about me and want to put a smile on my face!
- I am thankful to be done my bat lab report
- I am thankful I get to go to a great school and get the opportunity to make my career goals come true.
- I am thankful for the sacrifices my parents make for my sisters and myself. They are truly amazing people.
Those are a few things I am thankful for this week. What are YOU thankful for?
Happy Thankful Thursday, it’s almost Friday!
Here’s my thankful list for the week:
- I am thankful for a home football game this weekend!
- I am thankful that while my classes are extremely hard they are also extremely interesting.
- I am thankful for science.
- I am thankful for my family and friends
- I am thankful for my little funny Italian grandmother. Phone chats with her always make me laugh.
What are you thankful for this week?
Happy Thankful Thursday everyone, I hope everyone is having a fabulous day!!! :) Here is my thankful list for this week:
- I am very thankful that my friends and family were okay during the hurricane with their biggest problems being power outages. Such a blessing!
- I am thankful for my sorority sisters, they really do brighten my day! They are amazing women!
- I am thankful for science, it is amazing. I learn incredible things everyday!
- I am thankful that someone very special was born on this day :)
- I am thankful for the start of Hokie Football! Go VT!
- I am thankful to see my family and some home friends this weekend! :)
- I am thankful I get to work with Dance Marathon and the Children’s Miracle Network, beyond excited!
That’s my thankful list for this week, what’s on YOUR list?
I am so thankful for breakthroughs in science and technology. Everyday things that before we could only dream of come into real life, into things we can physically grasp with our hands.
As someone who has had loved one’s lives be touched by cancer, I think this is honestly a miracle. My mother is a breast cancer survivor and one of my childhood best friends lost his battle with brain cancer my freshman year. This new break though in cancer treatment is truly fascinating. Treating patients with epigenetics instead of chemotherapy is beneficial because unlike chemo it doesn’t kill the cells.
I feel truly blessed and thankful to live in an age when thanks to technology we could see the end of cancer or at least, great strides in ending this vicious disease. For that I am thankful.
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